AI Guesses Whether You're Gay or Straight from a Photo

Artificial intelligence can accurately guess whether
people are gay or straight based on photos of their
faces, according to new research that suggests machines
can have significantly better “gaydar” than humans.

The
study from Stanford University – which found that a
computer algorithm could correctly distinguish between
gay and straight men 81% of the time, and 74% for women
– has raised questions about the biological origins
of sexual orientation, the ethics of facial-detection
technology, and the potential for this kind of software
to violate people’s privacy or be abused for anti-LGBT
purposes.